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** In game, the skill Shoha has the Samurai dual wield their sword and sheath for an extremely high potency attack.

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** In game, the skill Shoha Hissatsu: Senei has the Samurai dual wield their sword and sheath for an extremely high potency attack.
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* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' presents an interesting variation with the [[KatanasAreJustBetter Chroma Katana]] weapon class. When used, the Drivers attack by dual-wielding the katana and the sheath, but the sheath has an extra blade on the leading edge, where a katana's leading edge would be. Combine this with the fact that they can sheath the weapon and still attack, but with more mass behind the strike.

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* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' presents an interesting variation with the [[KatanasAreJustBetter Chroma Katana]] weapon class. When used, the Drivers attack by dual-wielding [[DualWield dual-wielding]] the katana and the sheath, but the sheath has an extra blade on the leading edge, where a katana's leading edge would be.cutting edge. Combine this with the fact that they can sheath the weapon and still attack, but with more mass behind the strike.
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* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' presents an interesting variation with the [[KatanasAreJustBetter Chroma Katana]] weapon class. When used, the Drivers attack by dual-wielding the katana and the sheath, but the sheath has an extra blade on the leading edge, where a katana's leading edge would be. Combine this with the fact that they can sheath the weapon and still attack, but with more mass behind the strike.
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* In ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' the boss Vindicta dual wields her sword alongside its sheath during her first phase.

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* In ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', the boss Vindicta dual wields her sword alongside its sheath during her first phase.
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* In ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' the boss Vindicta dual wields her sword alongside its sheath during her first phase.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': When Ikkaku isn't fighting with Shikai / Bankai, he [[DualWielding dual wields]] his sword and sheath. Being [[HeroicAmbidexterity ambidextrous]], Ikkaku freely switches which hand is holding the sword and which is holding the scabbard in order to confuse his opponent.

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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': When Ikkaku isn't fighting with Shikai / Bankai, he [[DualWielding dual wields]] his sword and sheath. Being [[HeroicAmbidexterity ambidextrous]], Ikkaku freely switches which hand is holding the sword and which is holding the scabbard [[ConfusionFu in order to confuse his opponent.opponent]].
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* Done by Mary Kikakujo in ''Manga/ArmedGirlsMachiavellism'' [[IAmNotLeftHanded when pressed hard enough]], also revealing that she's not a fencer as previously assumed but a HEMA practitioner.

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* Narberal does this in ''Literature/{{Overlord|2012}}'' when faced with an undead dragon made of human bones. Since a blunt weapon would be more effective than a bladed one, she ties her sword's hilt to the sheath to use her sword as a bludgeon.

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* Narberal does this in ''Literature/{{Overlord|2012}}'' when faced with an undead dragon made of human bones. Since a blunt weapon would be more effective than a bladed one, she calmly ties her sword's hilt to the sheath to use her sword as a bludgeon.bludgeon, before [[SuperStrength beating the Skeletal Dragon so hard she knocks it off balance]].
-->'''Nabe:''' If that's the case... ''[[BlaseBoast I'll beat it to death.]]''
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HammerHilt. Contrast with ThrowTheSheathAway, where you commit to a violent fight with such a degree that you discard your means of stowing your weapons.
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* [[MasterSwordsman Yusai]] from ''Manga/{{Undead Unluck}}'' can force her opponents to fight like this thanks to her [[SemanticSuperpower Undraw]] ability. [[spoiler:In [[TimeLoop Loop 101]], she's not as practiced with Undraw, resulting in often having to use her sword while it's still sheathed due to accidentally using her ability on herself.]]
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** In ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' and ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' Season 3, when Ninjaman/Ninjor grows to HumongousMecha size and transforms (into "Samuraiman" in the former), he connects his sword to its sheath and makes a [[BladeOnAStick javelin]] out of it.

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** In ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' and ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' Season 3, when Ninjaman/Ninjor grows to HumongousMecha size and transforms (into "Samuraiman" in the former), he connects his sword to its sheath and makes a [[BladeOnAStick javelin]] javelin out of it.
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* In ''LightNovel/{{Corsair}}'', Canale, a former assassin [[TheAtoner now afraid of killing]], is challenged to a duel and fights mostly with his sword sheathed as a result.

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* In ''LightNovel/{{Corsair}}'', ''Literature/{{Corsair}}'', Canale, a former assassin [[TheAtoner now afraid of killing]], is challenged to a duel and fights mostly with his sword sheathed as a result.



* Narberal does this in ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}'' when faced with an undead dragon made of human bones. Since a blunt weapon would be more effective than a bladed one, she ties her sword's hilt to the sheath to use her sword as a bludgeon.

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* Narberal does this in ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}'' ''Literature/{{Overlord|2012}}'' when faced with an undead dragon made of human bones. Since a blunt weapon would be more effective than a bladed one, she ties her sword's hilt to the sheath to use her sword as a bludgeon.
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* Kagura Mikazuchi of ''Manga/FairyTail'' specializes in this sort of fighting style with the "Besheathed Longsword Technique", having resolved to only unsheath her sword when she finally comes face-to-face with the man she holds responsible for her older brother Simon's death: Jellal. She's still capable of destroying buildings with the sheathed sword alone. When Erza reveals that Simon died saving her life and takes full responsibility for it, Kagura finally unsheathes her blade and unleashes a swing that ''levels an entire section of city''.

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* Kagura Mikazuchi of ''Manga/FairyTail'' specializes in this sort of fighting style with the "Besheathed Longsword Technique", having resolved to only unsheath her sword when she finally comes face-to-face with the man she holds responsible for her older brother Simon's death: Jellal. She's still capable of destroying buildings with the sheathed sword alone. When Erza reveals that Simon died saving her life and takes full responsibility for it, an [[ScreamingWarrior enraged]] Kagura finally unsheathes her blade and unleashes a swing that ''levels an entire section of city''.
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* ''Literature/TheAsteriskWar'': In volume 6, Kirin Toudou {{dual wield|ing}}s her katana and its scabbard in an {{iaijutsu}} attack to quickly destroy some skeletons conjured by minor villain Gustave Malraux.

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* ''Literature/TheAsteriskWar'': In volume 6, Kirin Toudou {{dual wield|ing}}s her katana and its scabbard in an {{iaijutsu}} {{iaijutsu|Practitioner}} attack to quickly destroy some skeletons conjured by minor villain Gustave Malraux.
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* ''Literature/TheAsteriskWar'': In volume 6, Kirin Toudou {{dual wield|ing}}s her katana and its scabbard in an {{iaijutsu}} attack to quickly destroy some skeletons conjured by minor villain Gustave Malraux.
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** Kenshin has also used his scabbard as a ''shield'' in some fights. When he fights Shinomori Aoshi in the boss battle of the Opium Arc, he pulls the sheath close to his chest when Aoshi uses a SpinAttack, deflecting his kodachi to reduce sword strokes that should have cut him in half to surface wounds.
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* ''Film/CryingFreeman'' has the titular assassin fighting two mooks simultaneously, and so {{dual wield}}s his katana and sheathe simultaneously. Said sheath gets sliced in two halfway through, and Freeman managed to skewer both his enemies using his katana and now-pointed sheathe together.
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* The Ronin's Sayageki ability in ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey 2: Heroes of Lagaard''.

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* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyIIHeroesOfLagaard'': The Ronin's Sayageki ability in ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey 2: Heroes allows its user to bash an enemy with the sheath of Lagaard''.a katana.
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* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', [[HeroesPreferSwords Noah]] fights this way as standard when in his original Swordfighter class, as his[[note]]and only his; none of the other Ouroboros have access to the sheathed sword if they adopt the Swordfighter class[[/note]] Blade conceals another sword, [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Lucky Seven]], which he only draws as a last resort. [[spoiler:Lucky Seven is constructed from [[EldritchLocation Origin]] metal, and thus exists outside of the flow of the 'Endless Now' that comprises the world of Aionios. This means that it's capable of cutting through things that even Moebius Consuls are unable to so much as scratch, such as the Flame Clocks.]] When he draws Lucky Seven, the Blade that sheathed it morphs into a gauntlet that covers his off hand.

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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': In the ''Stormblood'' trailer, the player stand-in is confronted by some soldiers of the Garlean empire in Kugane. He's currently working as a Samurai, whose katanas are the ''only'' weapons in the game with a sheath; the first twitchy soldier to come close takes it to the gut before he [[IaijutsuPractitioner draws it]] on the rest of the squadron.

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In the ''Stormblood'' trailer, the player stand-in is confronted by some soldiers of the Garlean empire in Kugane. He's currently working as a Samurai, whose katanas are the ''only'' weapons in the game with a sheath; the first twitchy soldier to come close takes it to the gut before he [[IaijutsuPractitioner draws it]] on the rest of the squadron.squadron.
** In game, the skill Shoha has the Samurai dual wield their sword and sheath for an extremely high potency attack.
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* ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'': After William takes on his quest of atonement, he keeps his sword neatly in the cane during fights to keep from killing anyone while he bats them around.
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* When you start fighting Scissors in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'', they'll level the playing field by putting a protective sheath on that will do decent damage to Mario. Eventually, Scissors will stop playing fair and show why it's a ManOfKryptonite in a paper-based world.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': In the ''Stormblood'' trailer, the player stand-in is confronted by some soldiers of the Garlean empire in Kugane. He's currently working as a Samurai, whose katanas are the ''only'' weapons in the game with a sheath; the first twitchy soldier to come close takes it to the gut before he [[IaijutsuPractitioner draws it]] on the rest of the squadron.
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*''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie'': Arnold and Gerald evade Scheck's security guards by hitting them with sheathed swords. Arnold hits one guard [[AgonyOfTheFeet in the foot]] while Gerald slams his weapon [[GroinAttack right in the other's family jewels]].
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* Vergil in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' does this as the first two strikes of his main combo with Yamato, and Dante copies this when he gets his hands on it.

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* Vergil in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' does this as the first two strikes of his main combo with Yamato, and Dante copies this when he gets his hands on it.it via the Dark Slayer Style in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4''.
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* In ''VideoGame/DarkDevotion'', Elemiah the Crow Lady can jump over the player character and drive the sheath of her enormous katana straight down into their skull.
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* In ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'', the Bagra Army general Tactimon used a sheathed sword (Which he '''never''' unsheathes) to fight the good guys.

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* In ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'', ''Anime/DigimonFusion'', the Bagra Army general Tactimon used a sheathed sword (Which he '''never''' unsheathes) to fight the good guys.

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